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NEW/UPDATED FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
The Clearinghouse's Funding Databases describe more than 950
current and archival funding opportunities. These descriptions
primarily are intended to serve as a starting point for
individuals and organizations seeking support for HIV/AIDS
education, prevention, service provision, behavioral research,
and information dissemination. The funding agency should be
contacted for further information and application procedures.
The Clearinghouse makes these databases available to the public
through its electronic bulletin board service, NAC ONLINE.
Information and assistance about the Clearinghouse and NAC ONLINE
can be obtained by calling a Reference Specialist at
(800) 458-5231 or (800) 243-7012 (deaf access/TDD). If you know
of opportunities that are not contained in our databases, please
contact us at aidsinfo@cdcnac.aspensys.com.
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1) National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
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(NICHD): Adolescent Medicine HIV/AIDS Research Network
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2) The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH): Women's
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FUND TITLE
Adolescent Medicine HIV/AIDS Research Network
DESCRIPTION (FUND)
The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
(NICHD), the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious
Diseases (NIAID), and the National Institute on Drug Abuse
(NIDA) invite applications for cooperative agreements to
expand the clinical science component of an existing
adolescent health research network, the Adolescent Medicine
HIV/AIDS Research Network. This Network is conducting basic
and clinical research on the medical, behavioral, and
psychosocial aspects of HIV/AIDS in adolescents infected
with HIV through sexual or drug taking behaviors. Additional
funding from the Health Resources and Services
Administration (HRSA) has been provided to the Network to
fund the infrastructure to support research in clinical
sites including outreach efforts and to develop and
disseminate treatment and policy guidelines specific to
HIV-infected adolescents.
TARGET AUDIENCE
Adolescents
SUBJECT AREAS
Behavioral research, Clinical research, Information
exchange, Mental health, Morbidity and Mortality, Research,
Sexual behavior, Sexually transmitted diseases
AMOUNT AVAILABLE - TOTAL
$1,044,000
FUND DURATION
1 year.
INTENDED AWARD DATE
February 1, 1997.
APPLICANTS AND/OR PROJECTS MUST BE LOCATED IN:
Location unrestricted, United States.
ELIGIBLE ORGANIZATIONS
Clinic, Educational Organization, Institution, Hospital,
Medical Center, Public Health, Social Services Department,
Research Institution
TYPE OF SUPPORT
Cooperative agreement.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
The Adolescent Medicine HIV/AIDS Research Network initiative
calls for a descriptive examination of the full spectrum of
HIV disease and its behavioral manifestation in adolescents
who have become infected with HIV through sex and
drug-taking behaviors in order to identify and persue an
HIV/AIDS-specific research agenda in the adolescent
population between the ages of 12 and 19 years of age. The
ultimate goal of this project is to achieve a better
understanding of HIV disease progression and co-morbidity in
adolescents and thus improve health care management. This
goal is being addressed through enrollment of HIV-infected
adolescents in a standardized base protocol to characterize
a population-based spectrum of disease, disease progression,
and the effect of co-morbidity with drug abuse, other
sexually-transmitted diseases, and pregnancy in the
adolescent population.
A secondary goal involves the resolution of remaining
questions related to HIV infection in adolescents through
the development of special studies to be undertaken in the
assembled cohort enrolled in the base protocol. These
unresolved questions include but are not limited to the
susceptibility, infectivity, and transmissibility of HIV in
adolescents, particularly related to developing genital
mucosa; the characterization of the variation in adolescent
immune function; the identification of useful
adolescent-specific clinical markers of HIV disease
progression; the effect of HIV on adolescent
neuropsychologic function and development; and the influence
and effect of specific adolescent behavioral patterns on
risk-taking and health-seeking activities. This solicitation
seeks cooperative agreements with investigators to augment
the subject accrual capacity of the Clinical Science Group
in order to establish a subject cohort of sufficient size to
address more completely the research objectives outlined
above and thus permit the conduct of a wide-ranging,
multi-stage series of investigations that examine specific
facets of HIV infection in adolescents.
This RFA is intended to recruit additional members of the
Clinical Science Group with responsibility for the (1)
implementation of the base protocol and secondary protocols
where feasible and the recruitment and monitoring of study
participants, associated data collection, and quality
control; (2) participation in the production of the
supplemental research agenda through review and evaluation
at regularly scheduled interactive Network meetings; (3)
clinical management guidelines for the standardization of
health care delivery across network sites that address the
unique biological, biobehavioral, and psychosocial issues of
adolescence including pharmacologic prophylaxis, the scope
and frequency of medical monitoring, and service
organization, overcoming barriers to care, among others; and
(4) the convening of consensus panels on the dissemination
of clinical management guidelines and the definition of
adolescent-specific HIV policy among other tasks consistent
with functioning as a national resource body.
OTHER LIMITATIONS
Applications to become members of the Clinical Science Group
must submit evidence of clinical experience,
comprehensiveness of health care and support services, and
availability of subjects. Prospective applicants are asked
to submit, by October 15, 1996, a letter of intent that
includes a descriptive title of the proposed research; the
name, address, and telephone number of the Principal
Investigator; and the number and title of the RFA in
response to which the application may be submitted.
APPLICATION DEADLINE
November 19, 1996
LETTER OF INTENT DEADLINE
October 15, 1996
APPLICATION PROCEDURE CONTACT PERSON
Audrey Smith Rogers
Center for Research for Mothers and Children
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
6100 Executive Boulevard
Room 4B11, MSC 7510
Bethesda, MD 20892-2089
(301) 496-7339
FAX: (301) 496-8678
OTHER CONTACT
Mary Daley Tozzolo
(301) 496-1303
FUNDER NAME
US Department of Health and Human Services
National Institutes of Health
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Pediatric, Adolescent and Maternal AIDS Branch
FUNDER'S DESCRIPTION
The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
conducts and supports laboratory, clinical and
epidemiological research on the reproductive, neurobiologic,
developmental, social, and behavioral processes that
determine and maintain the health of children, adults,
families, and populations.
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FUND TITLE
Women's Mental Health Research
DESCRIPTION (FUND)
The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) invites grant
applications from investigators for research on mental
disorders; symptoms; and behavioral, cognitive, and social
concerns in women throughout their lifespan. The NIMH
encourages research on underserved populations: minority,
rural, and homeless women; and women who are at risk for
HIV, who are HIV positive, or who have AIDS. The NIMH has
identified the following research areas related to women as
needing attention: basic research; epidemiology and
psychopathology; mood, anxiety, and personality disorders;
psychiatric disorders and reproductive health; eating
disorders; Alzheimer's Disease and related dementia;
schizophrenia; sleep; co-morbidity with physical illness;
violence and abuse of women and girls; prevention research;
treatment efficacy; treatment effectiveness and service use;
and AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases (STDs).
Studies on the subject are needed on: 1) the use of both
qualitative and quantitative methods to better describe
women at risk or seropositive for HIV infection in order to
develop successful, cost-effective prevention and treatment
efforts; 2) relation of the stigma of HIV among women to
coping, their potential familial roles as health educators
and health caretakers, family consequences, and use of
services; 3) individual and family factors contributing to
high-risk sexual behavior in adolescent girls; 4) acceptance
and implementation of effective female-controlled methods of
reducing or preventing STDs or HIV; 5) prevalence of
comorbid STDs with chronic mental illness, personality
disorders, mood and anxiety disorders, and past sexual
abuse; and 6) ways that infected women make decisions about
reproductive options, place children in caretaking contexts,
and prepare for their own and/or their children's deaths.
TARGET AUDIENCE
Women, Women With HIV/AIDS
SUBJECT AREAS
Mental health, Research, Women
FUND DURATION
Not specified.
INTENDED AWARD DATE
Unspecified.
APPLICANTS AND/OR PROJECTS MUST BE LOCATED IN:
Location unrestricted.
ELIGIBLE ORGANIZATIONS
Unrestricted
TYPE OF SUPPORT
Research grants. (R01, R03, R29, P01)
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
AIDS-specific applications are due on 5/1/95, 9/1/95, and
1/2/96. All other applications are due 6/1/95, 10/1/95, and
2/1/95. FIRST (R29) applications must include at least three
sealed letters of reference attached to the face page of the
original application. Applications may obtained from and
submitted to: Office of Grants Information, Division of
Research Grants, National Institutes of Health, 6701
Rockledge Dr., Rm. 1040-MSC 7710, Bethesda, MD, 20892-7710.
Tel: 301-594-7248.
OTHER LIMITATIONS
Foreign institutions are not eligible for small grants
(R03s), First Independent Research Support and Transition
(FIRST, R29s) awards, and program project (P01) grants.
APPLICATION DEADLINE
October 1, 1996
APPLICATION PROCEDURE CONTACT PERSON
Delores Parron, Ph.D.
Associate Director for Special Populations
National Institute of Mental Health
5600 Fishers Ln., Rm 17C-14
Rockville, MD 20857
(301) 443-2847
FAX: (301) 443-8552
E-mail: delores_parron@nih.gov
OTHER CONTACT
Diana S Trunnell
(301) 443-3065
FUNDER NAME
US Department of Health and Human Services
Public Health Service
National Institutes of Health
National Institute of Mental Health
FUNDER'S DESCRIPTION
Under the direction of the National Institute of Mental
Health (NIMH) AIDS Coordinator, the NIMH has established
three policy groups: the NIMH AIDS Working Group, the AIDS
Concept Review Committee, and the AIDS Policy Consultants to
the National Mental Health Advisory Council. The NIMH AIDS
Working Group was established to promote program
coordination and maintains a liaison with the Centers for
Disease Control (CDC), the National Institute on Drug Abuse
(NIDA), the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the Health
Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), and the Office
of Minority Health (OMH). A subgroup of this working group
focuses on issues related to behavior change research and
includes representatives from the CDC, the National
Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), and
other agencies concerned with behavioral aspects of the HIV
epidemic. The AIDS Concept Review Committee is composed of
outside experts from a broad range of scientific and policy
perspectives. It advises the National Mental Health Advisory
Council and the NIMH on research gaps, priorities, and
opportunities; on the needs of institutions, organizations,
and communities for education or information; and on the
appropriate role of the NIMH in relation to the AIDS
activities of other federal agencies. The NIMH also supports
behavioral research activities through grants and research
scientist awards. In conjunction with NICHD, it sponsors
research on behavioral aspects of AIDS prevention in
children and adolescents.
